Entertainment

September 6, 2022

Owen Mainstreet Car Show brought 72 participants

Results from the 2022 Owen Main Street Car Show.

August 9, 2022

Another Main Street Car Show will roll into Owen

Pin-Up contest added to this year's Owen Car Show.

July 26, 2022

OWACC host annual summer gathering

OWACC summer picnic held July 18.

June 29, 2022

Diners’ Club continues after a two year pause

O-W area diners get together again.

June 24, 2022

The sun shone bright for Withee Days 2022

Fair weather for the Withee Days celebration.

June 10, 2022

Woodland Hotel owners tap into the past

The Woodland Hotel Tap Room revamped and reopened in May.

February 26, 2022

O-W Lions back on the ice for 20th fishing contest

O-W Lions back on the ice for 20th fishing contest

February 13, 2022

ShowCase Players return to stage

ShowCase Players return to stage

January 18, 2022

A murderous good time on the Yellowstone Trail

Laughter erupted from the old school gymnasium in Owen during Murder4fun

December 14, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Gilman Kicks Off Christmas Season

Party in the Park Draws a Crowd

December 14, 2021

Frank in France #38

December 14, 2021

December 14, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

The Sad Story of Badfinger

Such a talented band...and so mismanaged.

December 14, 2021

A Heart Surgery Primer

“Praying for the best results and the Lord to guide the hands of the surgeon.”

December 10, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

David Janeway's Distant Voices

Pianist David Janeway has just released his third trio recording, Distant Voices.

December 7, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Randal Clark – Imaginary World

Alto/tenor/soprano saxman Randal Clark has released his debut albu

December 7, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Elena Maque's Feel Again

Elena Maque has just released her debut album

December 7, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Alexander McCabe's Body & Soul

Alexander McCabe is a brilliant saxophonist, pianist, and composer.

December 7, 2021

Frank in France #37

December 7, 2021

December 7, 2021

Three Bags of Potatoes

When I was in high-school I was a bit on the wild side

November 30, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Murder 4 Fun Coming to Owen

No, you are not allowed to choose who gets murdered...

November 30, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Our Yearly Visit to There Once Was a Barn

An annual occurrence on Small Business Saturday

November 30, 2021

Frank in France #36

November 30, 2021

November 24, 2021

Frank in France #35

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 24, 2021

“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence.”

November 24, 2021

Michael Tidemann

Sweeper: A Sports Romance Novel

Sports romance has well-rounded characters

November 24, 2021

The Wounded Tiger & The Foundling

Stories of Pearl Harbor and of London Orphans

November 19, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

June Bisantz – 7 Shades of Snow

A celebration of the Winter season.

November 19, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Alexis Cole – Sky Blossom: Songs from My Tour of Duty

Alexis Cole may be the most talented singer to ever hold a top secret military clearance.

November 17, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Farewell, Graeme Edge

One of my favorite bands growing up was The Moody Blues...

November 17, 2021

In This Town, You’re Catholic

No meat on Fridays

November 17, 2021

France in France #34

November 16, 2021

November 9, 2021

Carpenters’ Story Comes to Life in A Carpenter’s Christmas

A Carpenter's Story Comes to Life at the Tack.

November 9, 2021

Mystery Writer to Speak at the Tack

Jeff Nania to speak at Tack Center.

November 2, 2021

Kornfield Friends

Remembering Hee Haw at the Tack

November 2, 2021

Unless you’re a Baptist, I’m sure you’ve been to a number of dances.

October 26, 2021

A Trip to New Orleans

It was Mardi Gras time in 1966 and four of us packed into Wally’s ’55 Chevy...

October 20, 2021

The Claude Rains Quilt Show

Unless you are up there in years, like me, you have no idea who Claude Rains was

October 20, 2021

Frank in France #33

October 19, 2021

October 14, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

David Finck – BASSic Instinct

Finck has now released BASSic Instinct, his sixth album

October 12, 2021

Before I was old and not the brightest person on Earth, I was young and not the brightest

October 5, 2021

Gary and Jimmy Z

Jimmy Z was an Italian guy I knew only slightly, always on the lookout to make a buck.

October 5, 2021

Michael Tidemann

Proles envisions abuse of technology

We’ve all heard about Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. But what could happen in the future?

September 28, 2021

The Sunday Paper—A Remembrance

To a young lad like me that newspaper was a flickering candle of sanity.

September 21, 2021

Tack Center Takes Field Trip to Minnesota Museums

Music, art and culture are the cornerstones of each event at Spencer’s LuCille Tack Center

September 21, 2021

The Voyage into Geezerhood

I myself am more rapidly spinning into this malady than I thought I ever would.

September 20, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Jazz review: David Larsen – Deviate from Standards

Deviate from Standards works on every level from the performances to the compositions.

September 20, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Jazz review: Jackson Potter – Restless

A great album by any measure, Restless is incredible as a debut.

September 14, 2021

Looking Forward to Owen Autumnfest 2021

Fun things to come on October 16 in Owen.

September 14, 2021

Dramatic Music and Stunning Video Fuse at the Tack

Lucille Tack Center presents CORDIS.

September 14, 2021

Prolog to the Canterbury Tales by the English poet, Geoffrey Chaucer.

September 7, 2021

LuCille Tack Center Highlights New Permanent Collection

New permanent collection at the LuCille Tack Center.

August 31, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

A Bad Week for Drummers

Two of the premier drummers of the 60s Rock scene died, leaving music fans grief-stricken

August 31, 2021

Frank in France #27

Frank in France #27 Aug 31, 2021

August 31, 2021

“I Am, He Said” to Open the Tack’s 25th Season

Spencer’s LuCille Tack Center

August 31, 2021

Greenwood to Get A Clue

Do you like solving mysteries? Are you looking for something fun and interactive?

August 31, 2021

There are things that have happened in our lives that we remember with dread.

August 31, 2021

Michael Tidemann

Writers and Writing

The Ancestor gripping and enthralling

August 31, 2021

John Grisham's "Sooley"

The story of a promising young basketball player from South Sudan.

August 24, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Main Street Car Show and Owen Jr. Fair Wrap-Up

Results of the Owen Main Street Car Show.

August 19, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Bryan Lubeck – Midnight Sun

To follow up a brilliant album with an equally brilliant one is no mean feat.

August 19, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Benjamin Schnake Ensemble – The Joy of Playing

Chilean-born Benjamίn Schanke does it all, it seems.

August 17, 2021

How many times have you been kissed?

August 17, 2021

Clark County’s Harvest Moon Tour 2021

Enjoy our “2021 Harvest Moon Fall Tour” beginning Wednesday, September 1

August 17, 2021

a Poem by Don Wyeth

August 13, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Greg Loughman – Re:Connection

Greg Loughman’s Re:Connection speaks regarding connection and about re-establishing it.

August 13, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

A New Mexican Restaurant in Abbotsford

Taqueria El Sol Opens Last Week

August 10, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Great Concert for a Great Cause

Everyone loves a concert, especially when it benefits a noble cause.

August 7, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Ray Soul – Seu Aprendiz

Soul wrestles with social and personal issues through his music.

August 7, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Adam Glaser – Excursions

Adam Glaser’s Excursions is just that—adventures in sound, composition, and programming.

August 6, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Bill Heller – Passage

Bill Heller is most widely known as the magnificent keyboardist for the Rippingtons.

August 4, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Brian Hudson – Ahaya

If an EP is designed to make you want more, Ahaya succeeds magnificently.

August 3, 2021

Michael Tidemann

Writers and Writing

Unspeakable Things packed with drama

August 1, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Dabin Ryu – Wall

For any album, it is remarkable. For a debut album, it is wonderful.

July 30, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Blue Muse - It Never Entered My Mind

A studio album of Jazz classics with half of the compositions by the great Wayne Shorter.

July 21, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Billy Test Trio – Coming Down Roses

Coming Down Roses is Billy Test’s debut as bandleader.

July 16, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Kenny Shanker – Beautiful Things

Kenny Shanker is a brilliant saxophonist, pianist, vocalist, and composer.

July 13, 2021

Frank in France #20 July 13, 2021

One of “The Most Beautiful Villages of France”

July 13, 2021

The Football Game

This memory is about our high school principal, a guy named Norby Weiss.

July 10, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Wayne Alpern's Frankenstein

Alpern selects some of the best-loved Pop tunes and gives them his Jazz vision.

July 8, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Max Highstein is on his Tiptoes

Max has the remarkable pairing of great melodies and fabulous arrangements.

July 7, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Acute Inflections' 400

Acute Inflections are Elasea Douglas and Sadiki Pierre.

July 6, 2021

Frank in France #19 July 6, 2021

About an hour south of where I live in Limoges is the charming village of Turenne.

July 6, 2021

This is a unique autobiography.

July 6, 2021

Something that in this era’s misguided political correctness lunacy is hardly ever spoken.

July 6, 2021

Michael Tidemann

Black Bottom Saints Celebrates Detroit’s Golden Age

Detroit-born author Randall presents characters who helped create Detroit’s Golden Age.

July 3, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

2B3's Jimi is a Work of Hendrix Wonder

July 3, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Kaylé Brecher – Bredux: Collected Edges

Think of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan and you're on the right track.

July 1, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Alex Martin – Folk Songs, Jazz Journeys

Alex Martin’s Folk Songs,Jazz Journeys is the best of many worlds.

June 29, 2021

Frank in France June 29, 2021

This week’s adventure takes us to the ruins of le château fortifié de Châlucet.

June 29, 2021

Mistaken Identity

Many of us have been mistaken for someone else.

June 22, 2021

Michael Tidemann

Writers and Writing

Until Then poignant, inspiring

June 22, 2021

Most girls like athletes. Most girls like money. Most girls don’t like nerds. I was a nerd

June 15, 2021

Horses and Smarts

There are some things we are not supposed to know about animals.

June 8, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

On Bob Dylan turning 80

Only a handful of artists have changed, shaped, upended the musical world like Dylan.

June 8, 2021

John and his Horses

It seems to me that people who love horses can be nice decent human beings.

June 8, 2021

Michael Tidemann

by Michael Tidemann McElwain collection a gem

If you'd been a journalist for 50 years, what stories would you select for a collection?

June 3, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Jonathan Karrant & Joshua White – Shadows Fall

It’s not very often that we come across a new male Jazz vocalist.

June 3, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Slide Attack – Road Trip

Here’s something you don’t see every day—a two trombone led quintet.

June 4, 2021

Travis Rogers, Jr.

Troy Roberts & Tim Jago – Best Buddies

Troy Roberts and Tim Jago team up for Best Buddies.

June 1, 2021

Frank in France June 1, 2021

Climbing one last volcano